Beyond The Reef
(in C6th tuning with Bb on 6th string)

Tablature for Lap Steel Guitar by David J. Stewart

Watch and hear me play 'Beyond the Reef' on C6th Lap Steel here (another - E9th Pedal Steel)

E_________5_______________________________5__________12__11__10___

C____________7___10________________4~~5______11~~12__12__11__10___

A________________10___12~~13~~12___4~~5______11~~12_______________

G___4__5_________10___12~~13~~12___4~~5___________________________

E________________10___12~~13~~12___4~~5___________________________

Bb____________________12~~13~~12__________________________________

E_______________________________5_________________________________

C___10_______12___14~~12___10___5__________6~~~9~~~12___10________

A___10__10___12___13~~12___10______________6~~~9~~~12___10________

G_______10______________________5___4__5___5~~~8~~~11________4__5_

E_______10___12___12~~12___10_______4__5________________10___4__5_

Bb________________________________________________________________

E_______________5___________12__12__11__11___10__10_______________

C___7___6___5___5___11__12____12______11_______10___10____________

A___7___6___5_______11__12____________________________10__________

G_______________________________________________________10___9____

E_________________________________________________________________

Bb________________________________________________________________

E_______________________5_______11__10__8__5__6_________8__6__5___

C___9__10__9______7~~5________________________________5___________

A_____________________________________________5__5__4_____________

G______________7~~~~~5____9__10___________________________________

E___8__10__8___6~~~~~5__________________________________8__6__5___

Bb________________________________________________________________

E_________10__8___8__7__6___9~~10_________________8______5________

C___8__9____________________9~~10___10~~7_________________________

A___________________________________10~~7___8~~7~~~_______________

G____________________________________________________4__5__8_9_10_

E_________10__8___8__7__6___________________7~~6~~~_______________

Bb________________________________________________________________

E______________5__4__3_____3__3__0__1__5___12__11__10_____________

C___10_____________________________________12__11__10__12_________

A___10___2__3___________3__3__3__1__0______12__11__10__12_________

G___10_________5__4__3__3______________5_______________12__4__5___

E___10_________________________________________________12_________

Bb_____________________________________________________12_________

E___6__5________________6_______5_________________________________

C____________7___5_____6~______5~_________________________________

A_____________________6~~_____5~~_________________________________

G________5_______5___6~~~____5~~~_________________________________

E__________6_____5__6~~~~___5~~~~_________________________________

Bb_________________________5~~~~~_________________________________

• Beyond the Reef Track (This version has an organ intro and solo. Here's the tabs in key of Eb. Tabs in key of F. All of the BB rhythm tracks are done in the key of F.)
• Beyond the Reef Track (Cha-Cha version)
• Beyond the Reef Track (Country version with a fiddle intro and solo. Key of F. This is a really great BB track!)
• Beyond the Reef Track (The same Country track as above, but in the key of D. I made this track for the E9th pedal steel guitar, so it can be played on the 5th fret.)
• Beyond the Reef Track (The same Country track as above, but in the key of C. I made this track for the E9th pedal steel guitar, so it can be played on the 3rd fret. Take your pick!)
• Beyond the Reef Track (Jazz version)
• Beyond the Reef Track (Latin version)
• Beyond the Reef Track (This version has a ukulele and some waves at the intro and ending)
• Beyond the Reef Track (a pretty acoustic guitar version)
• Here are Band-in-a-Box Files That You Can Download

*Although you may not have a pedal steel like Basil uses, you can learn some techniques and ideas from him. Basil is Europe's greatest pedal steel guitar player as far as I'm concerned, and worldwide as far as Hawaiian pedal steel. Barney Isaacs, Jr. was a legendary pedal steel player, having recorded "Hawaiian Steel Magic" with the Jack De Mello orchestra in the 1950's on an old Fender 400 (it wasn't old then) with 9 pedals. There are plenty of used Fenders still out there floating around if you really want one. They are challenging. There's no tablature, You have to figure the instrument out on your own. Once you learn the C6th tuning, then you'll grasp the benefit of being able to raise or lower string 2 a half tone for chord voicing, or lowering strings 4 and 5 to give you a diminished chord. The possibilities are wonderful and things that dreams are made of. Still traditional Hawaiian was and is played on a simple lap steel guitar, using all those wonderful bar slants.

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BEYOND THE REEF

Lyrics & Music: Jack Pitman

Beyond the reef,
Where the sea is dark and cold,
My love has gone,
And our dreams grow old.

There'll be no tears
There'll be no regretting,
Will he remember me;
Will he forget?

I'll send a thousand flowers,
When the trade winds blow;
I'll send my lonely heart,
For I love him so.

Some day I know
He'll come back again to me.
'Til then my heart will be
Beyond the reef.

© 1949

Beyond the Reef using a C# on the 6th string

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